Stones from Log Flour Mill

The millstones came from the agency where the Sisseton and Wahpeton settled after the treaty of 1867, and the man who led them through those years is buried near it. Gabriel Renville, Ti'Wakan, was born about April 1825 on the west shore of Lake Traverse, of Dakota, French Canadian and British descent. He became chief of scouts under Henry Sibley in 1863, was named chief by Sibley in 1866, and a year later his people declared him chief for life. He died on August 26, 1892 and lies on a bluff near Old Agency.

What the plaque says

Stones from log flour mill built at old Indian Agency 1870. Erected here to commemorate Sisseton Indian tribe 1952

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Joseph N. Nicollet Tower and Interpretive Center — 3.1 mi
  A tower on the edge of the Coteau des Prairies honoring the French mapmaker who drew this country in 1838 and 1839 and kept the Dakota names on the map.
• Sica Hollow State Park — 10 mi
  Wooded ravines on the edge of the Coteau, on the Lake Traverse Reservation, where the springs run iron-red and the Dakota tell of a good land gone bad.

More markers nearby

• Map of Northeast South Dakota — 3.1 mi
• Little Paul Mazakutemani — 6.1 mi
• Two Sisters — 6.3 mi
• Two Companions — 6.3 mi